IND124: Annual Threatened and Protected Species Mortalities from Fishing

IND124 - Healthcheck: Protected species mortalities is a metric tracking the annual number of threatened, endangered, and protected species (TEPS) mortalities. The dataset measures animals that die each year as a result of fishing activities, helping assess a fishery's impact on vulnerable species. It is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on 2026-07-22.

Use Cases

• Assessing fishery sustainability based on annual mortality counts of protected species.
• Monitoring trends in biodiversity impact based on the described metric of TEPS mortalities.
• Evaluating conservation policy effectiveness based on reported mortality numbers from fishing activities.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific and measurable conservation indicator: annual TEPS mortalities.
• Data is provided by an authoritative organization, the Australian Ocean Data Network.
• Last update timestamp (2026-07-22 02:18:21.636499) is explicitly provided.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely collected as part of fishery monitoring and reporting programs.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-22 02:18:21.636499; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Australia, given the source platform.